Rights groups and the United Nations alleged that the revocation of documentation from ethnic minority communities in the last few years had rendered these groups stateless and vulnerable to exploitation and persecution.
Thun Ratha, a member of the environment network Mother Nature Movement, said the police should not have stopped the activists and monks, because their activity was lawful.
Prime minister says Hun Manet must win the ruling party's support.
Wanchalearm Satsaksit is the ninth Thai activist in exile to have gone missing in a nearby country since a 2014 military coup.
The activist is politically active on social media and has continued to publicly criticize Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s government, posting a video criticizing him on June 3, a day before he went missing.
The assembly, composed exclusively of Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers, voted unanimously to pass both legislations without any amendments proposed during the session. The bills were passed by 119 lawmakers, in the absence of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
In the three years following the commune election, much of the government’s repressive actions have been directed at former members, activists, and council members – Sun Thun being the most recent.
The National Police said Friday they are on the lookout for Ream Naval Base deputy commander Has Sothea and two other men for their involvement in a shooting incident with a group of Chinese nationals at Koh Rong island earlier this month.
The barely hour-long trial was completed by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday, with Kung Raiya represented by his lawyer Sam Sokong.
Dubbed the “Last Battle of the Vietnam War,” May 15 marked the 45th anniversary of the U.S. rescue attempt and assault on Koh Tang island, which was foiled by heavier-than-expected Khmer Rouge resistance on the small islet off the Cambodian coast.
Newly-appointed Justice Minister Koeut Rith said the number of cases and inmates had increased on account of the government’s anti-drug campaign, which had resulted in an exponential increase in cases being sent to court.
CPP spokesperson Sok Eysan said the new headquarters was funded by voluntary contributions from party members, but did not have specifics of the budget or size of the contributions.
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